Tip: Homemade Granite and Marble Countertop Cleaner

William
by William
Marble, granite, and stone do NOT like having acidic (ie: citrus-based) cleaners used on them. Citrus or vinegar will actually cause “etching” on granite countertops. Not a good thing. Granite countertops also don’t like it when you use something like Windex on them because it strips the “seal” off of the stone. *****Apparently there are some very nice countertop/granite cleaners out there that do a great job…but $7.00 for a 12-ounce bottle? YOU can do better than that! :-) ***** After researching several homemade options out there…I discovered they all had the same basic ingredients…just in varying amounts. Some had a LOT of alcohol in them…some very little. I think the following “recipe” has a good balance of the ingredients, based on the information I read. ***** Homemade Granite Cleaner, 1/4 cup of rubbing alcohol (or cheap vodka), 3 drops of Dawn or other dish soap (Castile soap would also be a good alternative if you prefer), Water, 5-10 drops essential oil (optional – to help mask the alcohol smell). ***** Put the rubbing alcohol or vodka into a 16 oz spray bottle. Add the dish soap, essential oil and fill up the rest of the bottle with water.

Now give it a few shakes….THEN give it a try! It should give your countertops a nice, clean shine. Works on appliances too! All at a FRACTION of the price of the store-bought stuff.


  6 answers
  • Hillela G. Hillela G. on Jan 17, 2017

    This is so helpful, thank you for sharing!!!

  • Eli7782374 Eli7782374 on Jan 18, 2017

    It doesn't say how much of water.


  • Lorraine Lorraine on Jan 18, 2017

    It says 5 to 10 drops of water

  • Jean Proctor Jean Proctor on Jan 18, 2017

    No, on the 5 to 10 drops of water, the author is listing ingredients and it is Alcohol, Dawn or castile soap, water, 5 to 10 drops of essential oil. but there was a lot of periods and comma's in there. so easy to misread.


    I will have to mix up a batch of this using Lavender essential oil and try it out.


    Thanks for the formula

  • Mommag109 Mommag109 on Jan 19, 2017

    I've used the Windex multi surface and it lists sealed granite ok ?

    • William William on Jan 19, 2017

      Most commercially available cleansers are either acidic or alkaline, and Windex is alkaline. The fact is, glass cleaner can permanently damage granite counters. The damage caused is mostly pitting and dulling of the surface and it doesn't happen right away. What’s more, if your particular “granite” is a stone that needs to be sealed, the impregnator/sealer itself can be stripped by the glass cleaner eliminating its ability to block stains.



  • Mommag109 Mommag109 on Jan 19, 2017

    ok, thanks no more Windex